It is high time to discard a cut-off of 0.70 in the diagnosis of COPD.

Published in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2024)

A comprehensive approach, including symptoms assessment, various physiologic tests, and radiologic features, is required to diagnose COPD. This approach is necessary to identify currently underdiagnosed patients and to halt disease progression in at- risk patients.

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